Hi, Before you read the following, a warning. I'm still pretty upset, so this will sound like an upset person speaking.
A little while ago, someone from BC complained that Canadian news focuses on the east. This had to do with the reporting of the power outage and the BC fires. Well, have I got news for you. News has to do with numbers, forget east and west. Here's what happened. The leftovers of Isabelle (the storm) came through the Ottawa area on Friday. There were high winds. Trees fell. On power lines. All over the Gatineaus.. Over 4,500 households lost power on Friday afternoon. Over 4,000 still did not have power Friday night. By Saturday afternoon, the total was done to 2,000, and then by Saturday night, it was down to "a few hundred" (whatever that really means) who got to spend a second evening and night without power. I am told that power was finally restored to everyone late Sunday afternoon. Personnally, I lost power shortly after noon on Friday. It came back Sunday morning at 8h17. Yep, that's 44 hours. First thing I did, emptied the refrigerator and the freezer into a garbage bag. Second thing I did, sat down and cried. Also to be noted, I had to send my brother, who had driven over 500 km, to a hotel on Saturday night, because I had no power. So, let's have a show of hands. How many people knew that Isabelle really slammed into the Gatineaus? Oh, no one. No surprise. We didn't make the news. According to Hydro-Quebec there were just not enough people involved to warrant the news, not even the local news, NO MATTER HOW LONG IT LASTED. We could have been out of power for weeks, it doesn't matter unless you have big numbers. So, the news doesn't focus on the east, this is the east!!! it focuses on numbers, and numbers only. I mean, we were out of power longer than the Ottawa region during the power outage, I mean I had no power for 44 hours. REALLY, and we didn't even make the LOCAL NEWS. I'll stop now. Lise-Aurore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
